After much confusion and forgetting both which site i had joined and my password, i have finally become part of the blog scene. An achievement for me as i am both hopeless with technology and have been adament in the past that i would never join a blogging site, alas here i am!
Its been an interesting start to second year, changing courses from art and philosophy to textiles was a bit of a culture shock but i'm finding it alot more productive, and its a nice change being encourraged to paint and draw as apposed to collect objects from the street and relating it to something profound and inspiring. Not for me.
So for textiles our current brief is Culture. My first thought was to explore pop culture, the ways in which artists can become iconic to the extent that society can be minipulated into dressing a certain way, acting a certain way or even rebelling against the government etc. Mainly focusing on the punks and ideas of anti-establishment and deconstruction from both political and the way they dress- rips and safetly pins barely holding their clothes together. However, after researching into the subject it seemed far too brod and quite a cleched subject. I then began to think about communication within cultures. The ways in which we communicate has changed over time and the means in which we can communicate has developed and expanded. People can vocalise their thoughts through music, ideas and personalities can be conveyed through words and writing, as with art etc.
I wanted to explore both this and the ways in which what we see and here can be manipulated and misinterpreted, what someone may think about a piece of music for example, another person might interpret it in a completely different light. This is where different personalities come into play.
To begin my reasearch i've gathered books, maps, letters and i'm trying to get ahold of a type writer (its not overly important but i think its an interesting object from a texture prespective and want to type some things up for my sketch book).
I'm just going to start the process by drawing, taking photos, and mucking about with mark marking. All things research related. Hmm, thats all my thoughts for just now, will keep the blog updated as a start producing more work!
